QT 15/10/2025 Wed. Hosea 7 “Going Through the Motions” “走过场”
QT 15/10/2025 Wed. Hosea 7 “Going Through the Motions”
READ http://www.esv.org/Hosea7
📖 Scripture Focus: Hosea 7:14–15 (ESV)
[14] They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me. [15] Although I trained and strengthened their arms, yet they devise evil against me.
🔍 Reflection:
These verses expose a painful truth: God’s people were pretending to seek Him, but their hearts were far away.
They cried and wailed — but not in true repentance. Their grief wasn’t over sin; it was over lost comfort. They "gash themselves" for grain and wine — not as worship, but desperation for material provision. It was emotion without surrender, ritual without relationship.
And worse — verse 15 reveals God's heartbreak: “Although I trained and strengthened their arms…” God had cared for them, raised them, equipped them — and still, they turned against Him. They used His gifts for rebellion.
This is the picture of empty religion: outward sorrow, inner rebellion.
⚔️ Gospel Connection:
God doesn’t want noise; He wants hearts.
He doesn’t need sacrifice; He wants surrender.
This is why Jesus came — not to add more rituals, but to restore relationship. At the cross, Christ bore the judgment we deserved for hollow worship, so we could come boldly to the Father with true hearts in full assurance of faith (Hebrews 10:22).
🙏 Application:
(1) Is your devotion real or routine? Ask: Am I truly crying out to God — or just going through motions?
(2) Repent of using God’s gifts for self-glory or rebellion. He strengthens us to serve, not stray.
(3) Come to God honestly. No masks. No performance. He wants your heart, not your act.
🙌 Prayer:
Lord, forgive me for the times I’ve come to You with empty words or selfish motives. Teach me to cry out from the heart — not for grain or wine, but for You. Thank You for strengthening me even when I’ve strayed. Turn my heart back to You. I want to worship You in spirit and truth. In Jesus' name, amen.
QT 15/10/2025 星期三. 何西阿书 7 “走过场”
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/hos/7/
📖 焦点经文：何西阿书 7:14–15
14 他们并没有真心向我呼求，只是在床上哀恸罢了。他们为了五谷和新酒割伤自己，仍然悖逆我。15
我虽然锻炼他们的手臂，使它们有力，他们却图谋恶计攻击我。
🔍 反思：
这些经文揭露了一个痛苦的事实：神的子民假装寻求祂，心却远离祂。
他们哭泣哀号——却非真心悔改。他们的悲伤并非因罪，而是因失去安逸。他们为五谷新酒“划破身体”——不是敬拜，而是对物质供应的绝望。这是没有顺服的情感，是没有关系的仪式。
更糟的是——第15节揭示了神的伤痛：“我虽然锻炼他们的手臂，使它们有力...” 神曾照料他们，培育他们，装备他们——他们却仍背叛祂。他们竟用神的恩赐来叛逆。
这正是虚假宗教的写照：外表哀恸，内心叛逆。
⚔️ 福音关联：
神不想要喧嚣，祂要的是心。
祂不需要祭物，祂要的是顺服。
耶稣降世正是为此——不是增添更多仪式，而是修复关系。在十字架上，基督承担了我们因虚假敬拜应得的审判，使我们能凭着诚实的心，凭着充分的信心，坦然无惧地来到父面前（希伯来书10:22）。
🙏 实践应用：
(1) 你的敬虔是真心还是例行公事？自问：我是否真心向神呼求——还是只是走过场？
(2) 悔改用神恩赐自我炫耀或悖逆的行为。祂赐力量是为服侍，而非背离。
(3) 诚实地来到神面前。不戴面具，不作表演。祂要的是你的心，而非你的表演。
🙌 祷告：
主啊，求祢赦免我曾以空洞言语或私心动机来到祢面前。求教导我从心底呼求——不是为五谷或美酒，而是为祢。感谢祢在我偏离时仍赐力量。求祢使我心归向祢，愿我以心灵和诚实敬拜祢。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
